2023
Multimodality Imaging of Aortic Valve Calcification and Function in a Murine Model of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease and Bicuspid Aortic Valve
Ahmad A, Ghim M, Toczek J, Neishabouri A, Ojha D, Zhang Z, Gona K, Raza M, Jung J, Kukreja G, Zhang J, Guerrera N, Liu C, Sadeghi M. Multimodality Imaging of Aortic Valve Calcification and Function in a Murine Model of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease and Bicuspid Aortic Valve. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2023, 64: 1487-1494. PMID: 37321825, PMCID: PMC10478817, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.123.265516.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAortic ValveAortic Valve StenosisBicuspid Aortic Valve DiseaseDisease Models, AnimalHumansMicePositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyConceptsF-NaF PET/CTCalcific aortic valve diseaseBicuspid aortic valvePET/CTAortic valve calcificationAortic valve diseaseAortic valveAortic stenosisValve calcificationValvular calcificationValve diseaseF-NaFSubset of miceTricuspid aortic valveDevelopment of calcificationSignificant correlationUnderwent echocardiographyMedical therapyHigh prevalencePreclinical modelsMurine modelTherapeutic interventionsAge groupsAutoradiography dataMultimodality imagingJoint motion estimation and penalized image reconstruction algorithm with anatomical priors for gated TOF-PET/CT
Tsai Y, Liu C. Joint motion estimation and penalized image reconstruction algorithm with anatomical priors for gated TOF-PET/CT. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2023, 68: 025020. PMID: 36549009, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/acae19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedPhantoms, ImagingPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyPositron-Emission TomographyReproducibility of Results
2022
Deep-learning-based methods of attenuation correction for SPECT and PET
Chen X, Liu C. Deep-learning-based methods of attenuation correction for SPECT and PET. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2022, 30: 1859-1878. PMID: 35680755, DOI: 10.1007/s12350-022-03007-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDeep LearningHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyPositron-Emission TomographyTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonConceptsHigh computational complexityAC strategyNeural networkRaw emission dataComputational complexityLearning methodsCT imagesΜ-mapsPET imagesLow accuracySuperior performanceImagesAttenuation correctionPromising resultsMR imagesAttenuation mapPET/CT scannerHigh noise levelsArtifactsNetworkCT artifactsPET/MRI scannerIntermediate stepComplexityScannerPET respiratory motion correction: quo vadis?
Lamare F, Bousse A, Thielemans K, Liu C, Merlin T, Fayad H, Visvikis D. PET respiratory motion correction: quo vadis? Physics In Medicine And Biology 2022, 67: 03tr02. PMID: 34915465, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac43fc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsArtifactsHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingMotionMovementMultimodal ImagingPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyPositron-Emission TomographyConceptsRespiratory motion correctionPET respiratory motion correctionMotion correctionGeneric motion modelImage reconstruction processRespiratory motion informationMotion estimationMotion informationTerms of synchronizationImage spaceSynchronization stepsReconstruction processMotion modelOverall approachPET/magnetic resonance imagingDevice systemRespiratory motionImaging devicesMRI deviceDevicesSynchronizationNumber of stepsComprehensive coverageDatasetGreat interest
2021
Pitfalls on PET/CT Due to Artifacts and Instrumentation
Tsai YJ, Liu C. Pitfalls on PET/CT Due to Artifacts and Instrumentation. Seminars In Nuclear Medicine 2021, 51: 646-656. PMID: 34243906, PMCID: PMC8490278, DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2021.06.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArtifactsHumansPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyPositron-Emission TomographyTomography, X-Ray Computed
2018
Respiratory Motion Compensation for PET/CT with Motion Information Derived from Matched Attenuation-Corrected Gated PET Data
Lu Y, Fontaine K, Mulnix T, Onofrey JA, Ren S, Panin V, Jones J, Casey ME, Barnett R, Kench P, Fulton R, Carson RE, Liu C. Respiratory Motion Compensation for PET/CT with Motion Information Derived from Matched Attenuation-Corrected Gated PET Data. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2018, 59: 1480-1486. PMID: 29439015, PMCID: PMC6126443, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.117.203000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsArtifactsFour-Dimensional Computed TomographyHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMovementPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyRespirationRespiratory-Gated Imaging TechniquesConceptsMotion correction frameworkMotion informationReference gatePET reconstructionMotion estimation accuracyGated PET dataMotion compensation approachMotion correctionMotion compensation methodMotion estimationRespiratory motion compensationAttenuation correction artifactsLung cancer datasetMotion compensationCT imagesNAC approachReconstruction algorithmPET dataPET imagesNew frameworkInaccurate localizationCancer datasetsBreathing variationsAttenuation correction mapsHuman datasets
2017
Non-Rigid Event-by-Event Continuous Respiratory Motion Compensated List-Mode Reconstruction for PET
Chan C, Onofrey J, Jian Y, Germino M, Papademetris X, Carson RE, Liu C. Non-Rigid Event-by-Event Continuous Respiratory Motion Compensated List-Mode Reconstruction for PET. IEEE Transactions On Medical Imaging 2017, 37: 504-515. PMID: 29028189, PMCID: PMC7304524, DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2017.2761756.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedPhantoms, ImagingPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyRespiratory MechanicsConceptsMotion-compensated image reconstructionMotion fieldImage reconstructionReconstruction algorithmRespiratory motionNon-rigid motionNon-rigid motion correctionSignificant image blurringSystem matrixMotion correctionSystem matrix calculationMotionImage blurringSuperior image qualityTracer concentrationRigid motionReference locationMatrix calculationList-mode reconstruction algorithmMotion correlationDynamics studyImage quality